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hair tufts on the legs of the ¢ combined with the simple antennae 
would throw it into Section VII B of Hampson’s revision (Proc. Zool. 
Soc. Lond. 1808, p. 716). 
HELLULA AQUALIs sp. nov. (PI. I, Fig. 6). 
Head and thorax pale ochreous; primaries pale ochreous shaded with oli- 
vaceous; basal space to t. a. line evenly olivaceous; t. a. line white, oblique to 
below cubitus, then straight to inner margin, bordered outwardly by an olive- 
brown hair line; reniform oblique, constricted in middle, filled with smoky- 
brown, median space largely pale ochreous, except around reniform where it 
is slightly olive shaded; t. p. line white, finely dentate, well rounded outwardly 
opposite cell, incurved in fold with small outward tooth on vein 1, the whole 
line bordered inwardly by an olive-brown line, slightly broader at costa; ter- 
minal space olivaceous; obsolescent row of terminal black dots; fringes oliva- 
ceous in basal half, whitish outwardly. Secondaries semihyaline white with 
faint smoky terminal border; fringes white. Beneath paler than above with 
the markings repeated. Expanse 16 mm. 
Hasirat. Santa Catalina Mts., Ariz. (Sept.) (¢); Redington, Ariz. (92). 
Types, Coll. Barnes. 
The 2 is much paler than the ¢ with the maculation obsolescent. 
The 3rd joint of the palpi is shortly triangularly scaled and the species 
would thus not fall into Hellula by Hampson’s tables. An examination 
of our N. Am. species going as uwndalis Fabr. shows however that our 
new species is very closely allied structurally to it and in maculation 
has also considerable general resemblance. 
Genus Evercestis Hbn. 
There are a number of closely allied species belonging to the 
funalis-obliqualis group which have apparently been overlooked by 
systematists. We have had them separated for some time, but have not 
ventured to describe them as we were uncertain as to our identifica- 
tions of the species already named. Our visit to the British Museum 
allowed us to exactly match funalis Grt.; the type is a Henry Edwards’ 
specimen from the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevadas, Calif., 
and we possess a very perfect pair from the same locality. (PI. II, 
Fig. 1.) From the Coll. Merrick we obtained three specimens of the 
type lot of obliqualis Grt. received originally from Prof. Snow, which 
confirmed our identification of this species (Pl. II, Fig. 2) ; the type of 
simulatilis Grt. was also seen in the British Museum and matched from 
our material. Napaealis Hist. should be removed from Evergestis and 
